It is time to challenge the notion that it is our job to broker peace in the Middle East and every other troubled region across the globe. America can and should use every diplomatic means at our disposal to end the violence in the West Bank, but we should draw the line at any further entanglement. Third-party outsiders cannot impose political solutions in Palestine or anywhere else. Peace can be achieved only when self-determination operates freely in all nations. "Peace plans" imposed by outsiders or the UN cause resentment and seldom produce lasting peace.
Respect for self-determination really is the cornerstone of a sensible foreign policy, yet many Americans who strongly support U.S. sovereignty advocate interventionist policies that deny other nations that same right. The interventionist approach that has dominated American foreign policy since World War I has produced an unmitigated series of disasters. From Korea to Vietnam to Kosovo to the Middle East, American military and economic meddling has made numerous conflicts worse, not better. Washington and Jefferson had it right when they warned against entangling alliances, and the history of the 20th century proves their point. The simple truth is that we cannot resolve every human conflict across the globe, and there will always be violence somewhere on earth. The fatal conceit lies in believing America can impose geopolitical solutions wherever it chooses.
The politician........ Ron Paul. Don't know anything about it but he appears smarter than Bush, Palin or Obama.
The quote was from 2004!!!!!! Boy has he been proven right.
The politician........ Ron Paul. Don't know anything about it but he appears smarter than Bush, Palin or Obama.
The quote was from 2004!!!!!! Boy has he been proven right.
Or Carter, Reagan Clinton or Obama. You're a piece of work hockydad. So uneducated yet knows everything.
Ron Pail has some great things I believe in, however, is a nut case when it comes to foreign policy. Your job of putting the little guy out of work would be in serious jeopardy if he were elected.
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Or Carter, Reagan Clinton or Obama. You're a piece of work hockydad. So uneducated yet knows everything.
Ron Pail has some great things I believe in, however, is a nut case when it comes to foreign policy. Your job of putting the little guy out of work would be in serious jeopardy if he were elected.
You hit that one right on the head!!! He's a nut with a capital N.
Or Carter, Reagan Clinton or Obama. You're a piece of work hockydad. So uneducated yet knows everything.
Ron Pail has some great things I believe in, however, is a nut case when it comes to foreign policy. Your job of putting the little guy out of work would be in serious jeopardy if he were elected.
I'm not as familiar with Paul's stand on various issues as I probably should be. What stances on foreign policy issues render him a nut case?
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You hit that one right on the head!!! He's a nut with a capital N.
I know that on gun control, he's generally pro gun, except he didn't vote for the bill restricting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. Where else is he a "nut with a capital N"? Generally, I tend to agree with him on most issues I've heard him discuss. His biggest problem to me is that he's just not "presidential." No gravitas in his appearance, personality or presentation. But, he's generally pretty good, from my limited knowledge of him, on constitutional issues.
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I'm not as familiar with Paul's stand on various issues as I probably should be. What stances on foreign policy issues render him a nut case?
I know that on gun control, he's generally pro gun, except he didn't vote for the bill restricting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. Where else is he a "nut with a capital N"? Generally, I tend to agree with him on most issues I've heard him discuss. His biggest problem to me is that he's just not "presidential." No gravitas in his appearance, personality or presentation. But, he's generally pretty good, from my limited knowledge of him, on constitutional issues.
Your comment that he's not "presidential" kind of hit the nail on the head as far I'm concerned. He seems scattered-unfocused, no real grasp of the need for a consistent program. Consider for example the fact that he seems to be pro-gun yet voted against the bill barring those lawsuits against gun manufacturers. The cost of dealing with those suits could have put most gun manufacturers out of business. That's why the anti-gun folks were promoting those suits, but Ron Paul wasn't perceptive enough to figure that out.
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I'm not as familiar with Paul's stand on various issues as I probably should be. What stances on foreign policy issues render him a nut case?
can't just quote one thing directly IPSC, but it's his isolation crawl back home policies. I don't feel he has a good grasp of the world and issues. I dont think he understands how important our world trade is. For that, he is very scary to me. Don't get me wrong, I love a lot of things he has said when it comes to domestic. Then he talks internationally and I just shake my head.
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
Paul is right kind of. Iraq was approached wrong and will just return to the way it was before because we didn't put the burden of cleaning up their situation on their own heads, we did it for them leaving the weak still weak.
The people of Iraq should've been given an ultimatum, hand over those we want our suffer a much worse fate. In doing that they take control of their country, the strong come forth and the people have a tried leadership. If not, we take care of the problem and done once would probably not require a repeat any where else. Our mission is simplified not open ended with no clear exit strategy.
Paul often says the right things but seldom finishes the thought which would not solve the problem just water it down leaving the root to spread under ground causing the problem to come back even worse. He's a big constitutionalist except he refuses to believe it has a regulatory side with it's inefficiency just one part of the reason people should work hard to avoid giving it a cause to regulate. He would never regulate and it would return 10 fold because the incentive to be responsible would be gone.
First of all Ron Paul will never get the nomination, hopefully the GOP has learned a lesson by nominating Mc Cain and Palin, I sure hope they nominate an electable candidate this time, someone that will stand up to the Democraps. It’s time to set our country back on the right course!
First of all Ron Paul will never get the nomination, hopefully the GOP has learned a lesson by nominating Mc Cain and Palin, I sure hope they nominate an electable candidate this time, someone that will stand up to the Democraps. It’s time to set our country back on the right course!
I agree completely, The key word, I believe, is ELECTABLE.
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I heard Jesus He drank wine and I bet we'd get along just fine.
Finally a politician who gets it....
